Department of Pharmaceutical biotechnology

Pharmaceutical biotechnology department is a relatively new and growing field in which the principles of biotechnology are applied to the development of drugs. A majority of therapeutic drugs in the current market are bio formulations, such as antibodies, nucleic acid products and vaccines. Such bio formulations are developed through several stages that include: understanding the principles underlying health and disease; the fundamental molecular mechanisms governing the function of related biomolecules; synthesis and purification of the molecules; determining the product shelf life, stability, toxicity and immunogenicity; drug delivery systems; patenting; and clinical trials.

While biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies both produce medicine, biotechnology companies' medicines have a biological basis, and pharmaceutical companies' medicines have a chemical basis. Biotechnology companies use live organisms or their products, such as bacteria or enzymes, to manufacture their drugs.

Contacts:

Address: School of Pharmacy, Nazlou Campus, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, I.R.IRAN

Tel: +9844-32754990

Fax: +9844- 32754991

Web: http://pharm.umsu.ac.ir

Email: academic.relations@umsu.ac.ir